SGU Episode 744
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| SGU Episode 744 |
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| October 12th 2019 |
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| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
C: Cara Santa Maria |
J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
| Quote of the Week |
Science doesn't purvey absolute truth. Science is a mechanism. It's a way of trying to improve your knowledge of nature. It's a system for testing your thoughts against the universe and seeing whether they match. And this works, not just for the ordinary aspects of science, but for all of life. I should think people would want to know that what they know is truly what the universe is like, or at least as close as they can get to it. |
Isaac Asimov, American writer |
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Introduction[edit]
Voiceover: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
"5 to 10 Years" ()[edit]
- Fairy Circles - The mystery deepens
News Items[edit]
S:
B:
C:
J:
E:
(laughs) (laughter) (applause) [inaudible]
Nobel - Chemistry ()[edit]
Nobel - Physics ()[edit]
Nobel - Medicine ()[edit]
Electric Jet Engines ()[edit]
Who's That Noisy? ()[edit]
- Answer to last week’s Noisy: _brief_description_perhaps_with_link_
New Noisy ()[edit]
[_short_vague_description_of_Noisy]
Interview with Bruce Hood ()[edit]
Science or Fiction ()[edit]
| Answer | Item |
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| Fiction | HIV for sickle cell |
| Science | Cystic fibrosis with neb |
| Science | Polio for huntington's |
| Host | Result |
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| Steve | clever |
| Rogue | Guess |
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Evan | HIV for sickle cell |
Jay | HIV for sickle cell |
Bob | Cystic fibrosis with neb |
Cara | Polio for huntington's |
Voiceover: It's time for Science or Fiction.
Theme: Gene Editing
Item #1: A patient was treated for Sickle Cell disease with HIV engineered to deliver a corrected copy of the hemoglobin gene to his blood stem cells.[5]
Item #2: Researchers have used a bubble of fat to deliver gene therapy through a nebulizer to patients with cystic fibrosis, improving lung function.[6]
Item #3: Polio virus was engineered to introduce a new mutation which counteracts the effects of Huntington's disease in one patient whose disease progress has slowed significantly.[7]
Evan's Response[edit]
Jay's Response[edit]
Bob's Response[edit]
Cara's Response[edit]
Steve Explains Item #3[edit]
Steve Explains Item #2[edit]
Steve Explains Item #1[edit]
Skeptical Quote of the Week ()[edit]
Science doesn't purvey absolute truth. Science is a mechanism. It's a way of trying to improve your knowledge of nature. It's a system for testing your thoughts against the universe and seeing whether they match. And this works, not just for the ordinary aspects of science, but for all of life. I should think people would want to know that what they know is truly what the universe is like, or at least as close as they can get to it.
– Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), American writer, from an interview on Bill Moyers' "World of Ideas", October 21, 1988
Signoff/Announcements ()[edit]
S: —and until next week, this is your Skeptics' Guide to the Universe.
S: Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is produced by SGU Productions, dedicated to promoting science and critical thinking. For more information, visit us at theskepticsguide.org. Send your questions to info@theskepticsguide.org. And, if you would like to support the show and all the work that we do, go to patreon.com/SkepticsGuide and consider becoming a patron and becoming part of the SGU community. Our listeners and supporters are what make SGU possible.
Today I Learned[edit]
- Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference[8]
- Fact/Description
- Fact/Description
References[edit]
- ↑ BBC News: Nobel chemistry prize: Lithium-ion battery scientists honoured
- ↑ BBC News: Nobel physics prize: 'Ground-breaking' win for planets and Big Bang
- ↑ Science-Based Medicine: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2019
- ↑ Universe Today: NASA is Working on Electric Airplanes
- ↑ Web MD: Alabama Man Free of Sickle Cell After Gene Therapy
- ↑ NHS UK: Gene therapy breakthrough for cystic fibrosis
- ↑ [url_from_SoF_show_notes publication: title]
- ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]
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